Enstatite X050193 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Enstatite X050193

Name: Enstatite
RRUFF ID: X050193
Ideal Chemistry: MgSiO₃
Locality: India
Source: G.R. Rossman 1650
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser oriented perpendicular to the (100) face

Instrument settings:

none 785nm @ 100% of mW

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REFERENCES for Enstatite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Kenngott A (1855) Mineralogische notizen, betreffend die bekannten species: Karstenit, dolomit, millerit, turmalin, galaktit, wasser, plagionit, diopsid, zinkit, calcit und felsobanyt, sowie zwei neue: den enstatit im geschlechte der augit-spathe und den pseudophit im geschlechte der serpentin-steatite, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 16, 152-179 [view file]
Perry C H, Agrawal D K, Anastassakis E, Lowndes R P, Tornberg N E (1972) Far infrared and Raman spectroscopic investigations of lunar materials from Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15, Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference, 3, 3077-3095
Dunn P J (1975) On gem orthopyroxenes: enstatite and bronzite, Gems & Gemology, 15, 118-122 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Ghose S, Schomaker V, Mcmullan R K (1986) Enstatite, Mg₂Si₂O₆ - a neutron-diffraction refincement of the crystal structure and a rigid-body analysis of the thermal variation, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 176, 159-175 [view file]
Wicks F J (1986) Lizardite and its parent enstatite: a study by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 775-788 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Angel RJ, Chopelas A, Ross NL (1992) Stability of high-density clinoenstatite at upper-mantle pressures, Nature, 358, 322-324
Ford F D, Skippen G B (1997) Petrology of the Flinton Creek metaperidotites: enstatite - magnesite and anthophyllite - magnesite assemblages from the Grenville Province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1221-1236 [view file]
Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]
Ulmer P, Stalder R (2001) The Mg(Fe)SiO₃ orthoenstatite-clinoenstatite transitions at high pressures and temperatures determined by Raman-spectroscopy on quenched samples, American Mineralogist, 86, 1267-1274 [view file]
Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]
Weng Y H, Presnall D C (2001) The system diopside - forsterite - enstatite at 5.1 GPa: a ternary model for melting of the mantle, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 299-308 [view file]
Jiang D, Fujino K, Tomioka N, Hosoya T, Das K (2002) High temperature X-ray diffraction study of enstatite up to the melting point, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97, 20-31 [view file]
Tribaudino M, Nestola F (2002) Average and local structure in P2₁/c clinopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 549-555
Lin C C (2003) Pressure-induced metastable phase transition in orthoenstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 174, 403-411
Nestola F, Tribaudino M (2003) The structure of Pbca orthopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 365-371
Lin C C (2004) Pressure-induced polymorphism in enstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: clinoenstatite and orthoenstatite, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 65, 913-921
Cámara F, Iezzi G, Tiepolo M, Oberti R (2006) The crystal chemistry of lithium and Fe³⁺ in synthetic orthopyroxene, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 475-483
Nestola F, Gatta G D, Ballaran T B (2006) The effect of Ca substitution on the elastic and structural behavior of orthoenstatite, American Mineralogist, 91, 809-815 [view file]
Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Balić-Žunić T, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2008) The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 93, 644-652 [view file]
Stalder R, Kronz A, Schmidt B C (2009) Raman spectroscopy of synthetic (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ single crystals. An analytical tool for natural orthopyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 27-32

REFERENCES for Enstatite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Kenngott A (1855) Mineralogische notizen, betreffend die bekannten species: Karstenit, dolomit, millerit, turmalin, galaktit, wasser, plagionit, diopsid, zinkit, calcit und felsobanyt, sowie zwei neue: den enstatit im geschlechte der augit-spathe und den pseudophit im geschlechte der serpentin-steatite, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 16, 152-179 [view file]

Perry C H, Agrawal D K, Anastassakis E, Lowndes R P, Tornberg N E (1972) Far infrared and Raman spectroscopic investigations of lunar materials from Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15, Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference, 3, 3077-3095

Dunn P J (1975) On gem orthopyroxenes: enstatite and bronzite, Gems & Gemology, 15, 118-122 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Ghose S, Schomaker V, Mcmullan R K (1986) Enstatite, Mg₂Si₂O₆ - a neutron-diffraction refincement of the crystal structure and a rigid-body analysis of the thermal variation, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 176, 159-175 [view file]

Wicks F J (1986) Lizardite and its parent enstatite: a study by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 775-788 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Angel RJ, Chopelas A, Ross NL (1992) Stability of high-density clinoenstatite at upper-mantle pressures, Nature, 358, 322-324

Ford F D, Skippen G B (1997) Petrology of the Flinton Creek metaperidotites: enstatite - magnesite and anthophyllite - magnesite assemblages from the Grenville Province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1221-1236 [view file]

Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]

Ulmer P, Stalder R (2001) The Mg(Fe)SiO₃ orthoenstatite-clinoenstatite transitions at high pressures and temperatures determined by Raman-spectroscopy on quenched samples, American Mineralogist, 86, 1267-1274 [view file]

Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]

Weng Y H, Presnall D C (2001) The system diopside - forsterite - enstatite at 5.1 GPa: a ternary model for melting of the mantle, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 299-308 [view file]

Jiang D, Fujino K, Tomioka N, Hosoya T, Das K (2002) High temperature X-ray diffraction study of enstatite up to the melting point, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97, 20-31 [view file]

Tribaudino M, Nestola F (2002) Average and local structure in P2₁/c clinopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 549-555

Lin C C (2003) Pressure-induced metastable phase transition in orthoenstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 174, 403-411

Nestola F, Tribaudino M (2003) The structure of Pbca orthopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 365-371

Lin C C (2004) Pressure-induced polymorphism in enstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: clinoenstatite and orthoenstatite, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 65, 913-921

Cámara F, Iezzi G, Tiepolo M, Oberti R (2006) The crystal chemistry of lithium and Fe³⁺ in synthetic orthopyroxene, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 475-483

Nestola F, Gatta G D, Ballaran T B (2006) The effect of Ca substitution on the elastic and structural behavior of orthoenstatite, American Mineralogist, 91, 809-815 [view file]

Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Balić-Žunić T, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2008) The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 93, 644-652 [view file]

Stalder R, Kronz A, Schmidt B C (2009) Raman spectroscopy of synthetic (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ single crystals. An analytical tool for natural orthopyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 27-32